Sail-hank.



No. 842,215. PATENTED JAN. 29, 1907.

- M. MANSSON.

SAIL HANK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.20,1904.

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- and a resident of Hittarp, Helsingborg, in the 10 j sisting of two parts hinged together, this sadhank being arranged in such a manner that v in the closed pov ition.

3O operation.

hank is-closed, the joint not being in the path 3.5

'produe an easy 0 emng and c osing of the sail-hank, as more ullyhereinafter described.

(l andthe smaller one is adapted to be hooked ,nirnn s'r'ArEs PATENT osirron.

,MA'GNUS MXNSSON, or lishsrnonono, sWEDENJ;

SAIL-HANK. V

qzZZ, whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MAGNUs MRNssON, a 3 Meet of the King of Sweden and Norway,

ingdom of Sweden, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sail-Hanks, of which the following is a specification, ref+ erejnce being had therein to the accompanying drawings;

lhis invention relates to a sail-hank conthe parts form two closed loops when the sailof any of the ropes running in the hank,

whereby the parts of one of the loops form a sister hook locking automaticall in order. to

, .In order to'enable this invention to be "readily understood, referencev is. made to s lsi ed,

accompanying drawin s, in which a e v Figure 1 shows han s arranged in accord an ce with this invention and employed for fixing a staysail to the stay. Fig. 2 is .a plan view of one of the hanks in its closed position. Fig. 3 shows the hank in the opened POSitiOlk Fig. 4 is an edge view of the hank Fig. 5 is an edge view of the same'at the first stage of the opening in. the loops or the bolt-rope c of the Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 2O 1904- Serial No. 225,275-

llii cst part.

Fig. 1.. As seen from Figs. 2 and 4, the hook l 0, when the hank 1S closed, is situated. at the side of theloop b and close to the same. sides of the loop I) and. the hook 0 Facing one another are planeand cut obliquely in such a l mannenthat when put together they form. a l

Patented Jan. 29, 1907.

ring, being circular or elliptic in cross-section. When the sail is strained, the hank is subjected to a tension along or substantially along the center line 9 g, Mg. 2, and the boltrope e in the sail bears against the loop I), as

well as the hook 0. In this manner accidental opening of the hankas for instan'ce,1by-

violent gusts of wind-is entirely obyiated."

In order that the loop I) and the hooke may be positively locked to each other wh'en overlapping one another, .the loop I) is provided with a pin h perpendicular to its oblique face, the pin entering a corresponding recess '5, provided in the oblique face of the;

hook c. The parts I) and c are flexible to some degree in order to enable them to bend hank is to be opened. The oint (if the pin h 65 from each other, as shown in; Fig. 5. when the slides along'the plane side 0 the hook-c when l the hank is being opened or closed, and the: in snaps into the sai drecelss i when thehank I thus lockingthe hookin; a reliable] manner. The part or ring ot the bank inf-Z:

closrng the stay d is, as seen from,

Fi .2, uite jcircular. and has no recesses into wiliich t e staycan enter and be caught. I

Havmgnow described my invention, what I claim afs' 'new, and desire to secure byLetters'Patnt, is

Asail-hankconsisting of a part having the form'of the'numeral 3, the upper or smaller section offlvhich co'mprising an arc of about two hundred and seventy degrees, and the lower or larger section comprising an arc of about'two hundred and eighty degrees and a second part hinged to the extremit of the lower section of said first part, sai second part comprising an arm completing the circle ofsaid lower sect on and a portion forming a. sister hook with said upper section of the said In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my n'arne, this 3d day of September, 1904, in

the presenceol.two.subscribing witnesses.

MAGNUS MANssoN.

Witnesses:

AXEL Pn'rnns, (In/nuns ERICSSON. 

